Global Patent Index - EP 2378179 B1

EP 2378179 B1 20170719 - APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING FLUID FLOW IN A PIPE LINE

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING FLUID FLOW IN A PIPE LINE

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUR SPERRUNG VON FLUIDSTROM IN EINER ROHRLEITUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL SERVANT A BLOQUER UN DEBIT DE FLUIDE DANS UNE CANALISATION

Publication

EP 2378179 B1 20170719 (EN)

Application

EP 10425123 A 20100416

Priority

EP 10425123 A 20100416

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2378179A1] A plugging machine for the execution of interventions of installation, repair, maintenance on pressure fluids supply piping without interruption of the service, comprising a cylindrical frame (1) able to be flanged (2) to a valve or a fitting welded on the pipe (30); a plug which is insertable inside the pipe by means of a plug insertion and positioning rod (6) that can slide inside the cylindrical frame (1); a universal joint (15) able to operate, through the rod (6), two tapered steel disks (17-16) that make the body of the plug and to force the rubber gasket (18) between them to be pressed against the pipe inner wall (30).

IPC 8 full level

F16K 7/10 (2006.01); F16L 55/105 (2006.01); F16L 55/124 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F16L 55/105 (2013.01); F16L 55/124 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2378179 A1 20111019; EP 2378179 B1 20170719; ES 2644694 T3 20171130; HU E036599 T2 20180730

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 10425123 A 20100416; ES 10425123 T 20100416; HU E10425123 A 20100416